Blacking-dauber



LEWIS MARCHIONE, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 THE SELF FEEDINGDAUBER CO., INC., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU-sET'Ts.

BLACKING-DAUBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

Applicationfmed July 21, 1919. Serial No. 312,423'.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Lnwis MARoHioNn, a subject of the King ofItaly,'residin at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, in the tate ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBlacking- Daubers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

rihis invention relates to the class of handoperated daubers used forapplying liquid blacking or water to footwear and my present purpose isto provide a dauber in which a limited supply of blacking or water maybe stored and which may be automatically expelled, a little at a time,as it may be needed.

My invention is. clearly illustrated in the annexed drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of a dauber embodying my presentimprovements. Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal, sectional view of saiddauber, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3, and said Fig. 8 is a top orplan View of the dauber with the screw cap removed.

Fig. 4: is a sectional view taken on the line 4?-41 of Fig. 1.

In these drawings the numeral 10 denotes the dauber head and 11 thehandle, said head being formed with a cupped chamber 12 which is of suchcapacity that a considerable quantity of blacking may be stored therein;the otherwise open top of the dauber being closed by a screw cap 13. A

Secured to the lower portion of said head is a brush 14C of ordinary, orany approved, construction. Y

Seated in the chamber 12 is a cylinder 15 whose lower portion has arelatively smaller, downwardly extending, pipe 16 which connects theinterior of the said cylinder with the brush 14; the head of the brushbeing perforated so that the pipe 16 may extend downward and dischargethe blacking directly into the mass of bristles of which the brush iscomposed. The cylinder 15 is also provided with one or morecircumferential openings 17 which connect the liquid storage chamber 12with the cylinder 15 and thus permits the liquid in said chamber to passinto the cylinder under certain conditions, as I will explain. Withinthe cylinder 15 is a plunger 18 which is mounted on the end portion of arod 19 which is of such length that it extends outward, through theshell of the head 10, and has fixed on its free (outer) end a knob-likehandle by means of which the plunger can be pushed forward in thecylinder 15. In the cylinder is a spiral spring 20 which abuts theplunger 18 and acts with a constant tendency to force the plunger to theother end of the cylinder (see Fig. 4). l/Vhen the plunger is in itsnormal, or inoperative, position it opens the intake holes 17 and coversthe discharge pipe 16, and permits the liquid to flow into the cylinderand cuts off the outiiow of liquid from said cylinder. When, however, itis desired to permit a limited quantity of the liquid to pass to thebrush, it is only necessary to force the rod 19 and the connectedplunger 18 forward, against the resisting force of spring 20, until theholes 17 are covered and the outlet to pipe 16 uncovered. The liquid isthen permitted to enter the cylinder and to pass thence, through pipe16, to the brush.A So soon as the necessary charge of liquid has beenthus delivered to the brush the plunger is released and is immediatelyforced back to its initial position by thespring 2O, thus cutting offthe outflow and opening the inflow openings 17. The operating handle 19being located where it may be conveniently reached by a vlinger of thehand which holds the dauber,

may be readily operated to discharge into the brush any desired quantityof liquid even while the brush is being used.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim. as new and wish to secure by LettersV connected to said plunger,and elastic cushioning means between the plunger and the bottom of thereceptacle.

2. In a device of the character described, a container, spreading meanscarried thereby, a closed substantially tubular receptacle Within saidcontainer, a reciprocable plunger Within said receptacle, acircumferentially grooved portion on said plunger intermediate its endsforming two plunger heads, two apertured portions on the Walls of saidreceptacle spaced from each other, adapted for alternate engagement witheither plunger head, and communicating respectively With said containerand said spread ing means, cushioning means between the bottom of saidreceptacle and one of said plunger heads, and operating means exteriorof said container and said receptacle, and connected to said plunger. y

3. In a device of the class described, a brush, a liquid receptacleconnected to said brush, a closed cylinder Within said receptacle, saidcylinder being provided With inlet openings communicating With saidreceptacle, and an apertured discharge portion on .said cylinder spacedfrom said inlet openings, and communicating With said brush,tivo'plunger heads slidably mounted Within said cylinder, meansconnectinQa said heads of smaller diameter than said cylinder, a springbetween one end of said cylinder and one of said heads, and an operatingrod connected With the other head, and extending through the Wall ofsaid rece tacle.

LEWIS MAR HIONE.

